HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Waynesboro fails to advance in postseason

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Feb 18, 2013 at 10:45 AM

For Waynesboro, there will be no second leg of the wrestling postseason.

Lee Goodwin

MECHANICSBURG — For Waynesboro, there will be no second leg of the wrestling postseason.For the first time in a while, no Indian grappler finished high enough at the Section I-AAA tournament to qualify for the District III/South Central Regional Championships this weekend in Hershey.The team’s last shot — 138-pounder and third seed Kenyon Cuka — had a tough out when he lost by injury default in the consolation finals. The top three finishers advance to the regional tournament.Before Cuka’s unfortunate exit, Waynesboro’s Colby Mowen — a second seed — lost by a razor’s edge margin of 3-2 to Carlisle’s Tynan Donnelly in the consolation finals of the 120-pound weight class to finish fourth.“We had a good start but did not finish well,” said Waynesboro head coach Eric Mowen. “I expected to get at least half of our four seeded wrestlers to districts. . . This is the first time in a long time that Waynesboro will not be represented in the district tournament.“Both Colby and Kenyon had an opportunity to advance. At one point both were winning their matches.”Mowen rallied to pin James Buchanan’s Kyle Lee in 5:43 in the quarterfinals. Mowen trailed 8-5 before putting Lee to his back in the waning seconds. Mowen then lost to eventual champion Garrett Kyner, 9-4 in the semifinals but advanced with a win to reach the consolation finals.Mowen pinned Tyler Wilt of Gettysburg in 2:17 before taking on Donnelly with a chance to advance to the regional tournament.“Colby was winning 2-1 with 20 seconds left when he gave up one point for locking hands and one point for an escape,” Eric Mowen said. “He had an opportunity to get a takedown with 12 seconds or so but didn’t realize the situation. If Colby could’ve stayed healthy this season, I’m sure he’d be wrestling next week.”Cuka grinded out a 5-1 win in his first match against Shippensburg’s Nathan Coldsmith. He lost by fall to Big Spring’s Chad Wickard in the semifinals and then beat Gettysburg’s Jesse Stouch, 5-2 to advance to the consolation finals. He lost by injury default to Northern York’s Garek Strouse in 3:36.“Kenyon got injured in the consolation semifinals but was able to get the 5-2 decision to advance to the consolation finals but re-injured the arm and could not continue,” Mowen said. “We knew it was a gamble letting him wrestle but he wanted to give it a shot. I give Kenyon a lot of credit for attempting to wrestle.”Waynesboro’s other two seeded wrestlers — Ryan Neff (third at 106 pounds) and Andrew Paterno (fourth at 220 pounds) lost in the consolation round without advancing to the finals of the loser’s bracket.After losing his first match, 7-4 to eventual runner-up Parker Hillard of Cumberland Valley, Neff pinned Shippensburg’s Daquan Woods in 57 seconds before losing to Mechanicsburg’s Drew Tochterman, 7-2.Paterno won his opening match against Gettysburg’s Giovani Alvarado, 13-4. After losing to eventual winner Lucas Chestnut of Mechanicsburg, 4-3, Paterno lost 5-2 to Carlisle’s Hasan Alic in the consolation semifinals.Paterno and Colby Mowen are both seniors.Also competing for Waynesboro were John Atkinson (113, 0-1), Aaron Layman (126, 1-2), Jake Wertz (132, 1-2), Daniel Shields (152, 0-1), Aiden Smith (160, 1-2), Patrick Wade (182, 0-1) and Shawn Robinson (285, 0-1).

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